Ministers seek to end 'revolving door' for failed NHS managers

Ministers have said they will tackle the “revolving door culture” in NHS management in some areas – and seek to “clarify” whether regulators facilitated roles for former board members at a scandal hit trust.

Infrared spectroscopy is commonly used for testing the strength of various materials, to study archaeological finds, and in forensics. It’s a bit of a niche in medicine, partially due to the fact that the visible spectrum is itself so useful an...

Publication date: Available online 19 November 2018Source: Materials LettersAuthor(s): N. Sriharan, N.M. Ganesan, Misook Kang, L. Kungumadevi, T.S. SenthilAbstractNovel architecture like TiO2 nanorod arrays (TNR) incorporating α-alumina (ATNR) thin film have been fabricated on the fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) by a modest and flexible doctor-blade technique based hydrothermal method. α-Al2O3, TNR and ATNR were used as a photoanode in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) and their photovoltaic performance was evaluated. The crystallinity, presence of α-Al2O3 on TNR and morphology of the photoanodes were cha...

Publication date: Available online 19 November 2018Source: Materials Chemistry and PhysicsAuthor(s): Hongduo Yao, Xiaoxue Wang, Jianping Gao, Chunjuan Gao, Ruiru Zhao, Xiangang Zhai, Yongli Wu, Chaoyue Hao, Jiangbing Yang, Shunkang Mei, Haixia QiuAbstractWaste water treatment with adsorbents has become one of the most effective methods. In this work, we have reported the preparation of the flower-like Cu2MoS4/g-C3N4 composites. The Cu2MoS4 nanosheets were arranged in a flower-like structure by a simple one-step hydrothermal synthesis method and attached to g-C3N4 nanosheets. The as-prepared flower-like Cu2MoS4/g-C3N4 compo...